The concert at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers on Sunday was a smashing success, with more than 700 in attendance. We'll have a first-person account from one of the Choir members up here this week, so please check back. Congratulations to all the Hugh Hodgson School of Music students and faculty.

Inaugural concert celebrates Patel Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Indian Musical Arts

Athens, GA – The richness of North Indian Gayaki ang music filled the Hodgson Concert Hall on October 11, delighting a diverse audience that reflected the power of music to enchant, enthrall and engage.

The University of Georgia Symphony, Chorus and Concert Choir will be performing Sunday Nov. 8 at 3:30 p.m. in the Gothic abbey of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. The program for the concert will include music written by Handel and Haydn. This will be the UGA Concert Choir's first performance at the monastery, which is located at 2625 Hwy. 212. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

An article in the Rockdale Citizen this week quotes Dr. Mitos Andaya (no link):

October 12 - 15, 2009 Renowned scholar and researcher Robert Duke will be in residence at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music from October 12th-15th, 2009. Dr.

Kenneth Fischer, Professor of Saxophone in the Hodgson School of Music of the University of Georgia, has been invited to appear as a special guest artist at the Eugene Rousseau Ninth Annual International Saxophone Master Class held at the University of Minnesota, October 22-24, 2009.  Dr.

University of Georgia professor of double bass Milton Masciadri discusses this fascinating instrument, its history and his performances with it around the world.